Josh Young

Josh Young is an American stage actor. Young had performed in several shows in the Stratford Festival, including The Grapes of Wrath (Connie), Evita (Che), and Kiss Me Kate (Paul). For his role as Che in Evita, he won the Broadway World Toronto Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He also played Marius in a tour of Les Misérables. Young was raised in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, and his family is Conservative Jewish. He trained at the Pennsylvania Governors School for the Arts and holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University. Young played the role of Judas in the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar from 2011-2012, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. On May 8, Young won the Theatre World Award for an outstanding Broadway debut performance.

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• Josh Young Sings Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Broadway actor singer josh young of amazing grace
• Personal life
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In March 2013, Young performed "Bring On The Men" from the Broadway musical Jekyll and Hyde at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fundraising concert Broadway Backwards

In 2015 he starred in the musical Amazing Grace on Broadway in the role of John Newton. He can be heard on the Cast Recording, which was released in February 2016.

Personal life

On January 12, 2017, Young got engaged to actress Emily Padgett.